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Barclays becomes latest bank to offer new customers £200 to switch

Barclays becomes the latest bank to offer a cash incentive to new customers, joining a host of high street banks including Santander and Natwest

The Independent UK

How does NatWest’s £150 bank switch offer stack up against the competition?

Banks and building societies will pay you to join them - but make sure you know the terms

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 closes in the green as UK plans big missile spend

The FTSE 100 index closed up 43.91 points, 0.4%, at 10,446.35.

Evening Standard

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Bank bosses get huge pay rises in sign top City salaries back to pre-crash highs

Nat West CEO’s £6.6m pay package for 2025 is largest for group since disgraced Fred Goodwin’s £7.7m in 2006

The Guardian - UK

NatWest profit soars by almost a quarter while staff bonuses swell

The banking group said it made an operating pre-tax profit of £7.7 billion for 2025, up 24.4% on the year before.

Evening Standard

NatWest sees profits soar as it hands out £495 million in staff bonuses

The banking group saw a pre-tax profit of £7.7 billion for 2025, up 24.4% on the year before

The Independent UK

Trump ‘plans to roll back’ some metal tariffs; US inflation weaker than expected in January - business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

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FTSE 100 Live 13 February: NatWest profits jump, index steadies after US sell-off

NatWest Group today said its annual profits swelled by nearly a quarter to £7.7 billion in 2025.

Evening Standard

Green shoots cheer London business as Budget fiasco uncertainty fades

Business activity in London shot up at its sharpest rate for two years in January in the latest sign of green shoot sprouting in the capital’s economy.

Evening Standard

Barclays annual profit leaps by 13% as bank aims to hand £15bn to shareholders

Barclays said it wants to hand out more than £15 billion to shareholders over the next two years, through dividends and share buybacks.

Evening Standard

NatWest is chasing the mass affluent wallet. So is everyone else

Bank snares biggest acquisition since it was bailed out by taxpayers in 2008 but it isn’t cheap – and may be slow to pay off

The Guardian - UK

Stocks close higher as pressure mounts on Starmer

The leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar, has said Sir Keir Starmer should quit.

Evening Standard

NatWest to seal biggest deal since financial crisis with £2.7bn buyout of wealth manager Evelyn Partners

Evelyn Partners has more than 150,000 customers

The Independent UK

NatWest to buy wealth manager Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn

The deal marks a major acquisition for NatWest which has been privately owned for less than a year.

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FTSE 100 Live 09 February: NatWest £2.7bn wealth deal hits shares, Nikkei surges on election landslide

NatWest Group today unveiled its first major acquisition since returning to private ownership.

The Guardian - UK

Bank chairs backtracking on climate commitments could face shareholder revolts

Exclusive: Campaign group calls on institutional shareholders to vote against re-election of bosses overseeing net zero row-back

The Guardian - UK

Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims

Ombudsman found bank wrongly rejected 34% of complaints last year, with NatWest and HSBC close behind

Evening Standard

What will Barclays and NatWest earnings show about the booming banking sector?

Both British banking groups are expected to report higher earnings for 2025.

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Rightmove and NatWest announce three-year ‘mortgage in principle’ partnership

Home buyers will be able to receive an ‘instant’ decision while viewing property listings.

The Independent UK

As mortgages rise and savings rates fall, one cash ISA bucks the trend

Fixed term deals won’t be affected but the best rates for new mortgages are already fast disappearing

Evening Standard

NatWest pledges to lend £10bn to social housing over three years

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said loans from the bank will help build thousands of affordable homes for ‘families priced out of homeownership’.

Euronews

Trump sues JPMorgan CEO. Who else says 'left-wing' banks shut them out?

The lawsuit alleges political “debanking” after the 2021 Capitol riots. Similar disputes have hit figures from Nigel Farage to Marine Le Pen, while banks reject claims of bias.

The Independent UK

How your entire identity could be sold for £30 on the dark web

An anti-money laundering group has uncovered the ways in which stolen personal data is being sold on the dark web

The Guardian - UK

Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike

Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rules

International Business Times UK

Lloyds Bank Branch Closures: 16 Sites to Shut Within Days in New Blow to High Street

Lloyds closes 16 branches in January; 71 more planned by year-end. Check if your local is affected and find alternative banking options.

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